2011年陕西专升本考试大学英语真题及答案

2011年陕西省高等学校专升本招生考试

大学英语 试题

Direction: All the Questions should be done on the Answer Sheet.

I. Choose a word that best completes each of the following sentences: (20*1point=20points)

1. She has managed to obtain a temporary work __________ in Britain.

A permit B permission C permissiveness D permissible

2. The football players need total concentration during ___________.

A match B game C play D perform

3. Involved in a bribery scandal, the President had to ___________ his resignation.

A do B catch C offer D find

4. When I go out in the evening I use the bike __________the car if I can.

A rather than B regardless of C in spite of D other than

5. Some plants are very _________ to light; they prefer the shade.

A sensible B flexible C objective D sensitive

6. Don’t let the child play with scissors _________he cuts himself.

A in case B so that C now that D only if

7. Without proper lessons, you could________ a lot of bad habits when playing the piano.

A keep up B pick up C draw up D catch up

8. We should always bear in mind that _________ decisions often result in serious consequences.

A urgent B instant C prompt D hasty

9. The computer can be paid for in ten monthly________ of 100 dollars.

A pay B pays C payment D payments 10. American linguist Noah Webster was among the first to the growing difference between American and British usages of English.

A. realize B. recognize C. research D. reckon

11. The ________ driver thinks accidents only happen to other people.

A. average B. common C. usual D. normal

12. Even if they are on sale, these refrigerators are equal in price to, if not more expensive than, _______ at the other store.

A. the one B. others C. that D. the ones

13. Conversation becomes weaker in society that spends so much time listening and being talked to _______ it has all but lost the will and the skill to speak for itself.

A. as B. which C. that D. what

14. _____________ for the timely investment from the general public, our company would not be so thriving as it is.

A. Had it not been B. Were it not C. Be it not D. Should it not be

15. Asia _______________ by most experts to be the cradle of human civilization.

A. has been always considered B. has always been considered

C. always has been considered D. has been considered always

16. An old woman was badly hurt in _______ the police describe as an apparently motiveless attack.

A. that B. what C. whatever D. which

17. Paul Samuelson revolutionized ______ by presenting his students with the most advanced economic thinking at an introductory level.

A. to teach economics B. teaching that economics is

C. the teaching of economics D. economics is taught

18. If you find this item too difficult to _______, it is advisable to leave as it is and move on to the next one.

A. work out B. work on C. work for D. work at

19. You and I could hardly understand, ________?

A. could we B. couldn’t you C. couldn’t we D. could I

20. There was an accident _______ the crossroads at midnight last night.

A. in B. on C. at D.by

II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with the best word from the box below, changing its form when necessary: (17*1point=17points)

1. Before going to the job interview, the applicant_______his presentation in his room. 2. Most houses in the coastal city were________ by the earthquake last year. 3. It was getting dark and we went around the town _______ a missing child. 4. The public had expected the newly-elected President to check the rising inflation, but they were soon________ by his incompetence in administration. 5. The minister could not find a __________ excuse for his not telling the truth.

6. The rescue party __________ freeing the boy trapped in the hollow tree. 7. Although there was much publicity about the movie, I personally found little ______in the story line.

8. In some supermarkets, goods can be made very cheap if they are bought _______.

9. Talking about “the Cultural Revolution”, I had only some ______ memories because I was very young then.

10. Samuel Longhorn Clemens wrote many stories under the _______ of Mark Twain.

11. Early colonists in North America usually________ Puritan ideas in their children.

12. The retired editor needed a lot of _______ to start up a new newspaper.

13. During a storm at sea, the fishing boat _______ a huge rock and was smashed into pieces. 14. On this small island, you can see a lot of ____architecture built by the colonists 50 years ago. 15. The Martyrs’ Monument in the town centre always ________people’s bitter memories of the Second World War. 16. The drizzle and mist made the distant lighthouse on _______sight. 17. His generous donation________ his love for the people of the flood-stricken areas. III.Cloze Test (20 points) Read the following paragraph and choose the correct word for each blank from the three alternatives. Man cannot go on __1_ his numbers at the present rate, In the _2_ 30 years man will face a period of crisis. __3_experts believe that there will be a widespread food_4_. Other experts think this is 5__ pessimistic, and that man can prevent things _6__ worse than they are now. But _7__ that two-thirds of the people in the world are undernourished or starving now. One thing that man can do is to limit _8__ of ba …… 此处隐藏：43145字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……